Right-to-Lifers Endorse Thompson — Cynically Right-to-Lifers Endorse Thompson — Cynically
The most cynical group currently operating on the American political stage, the National Right to Life Committee has endorsed the most cynical man to seek the presidency in recent...
Nov 13, 2007 / John Nichols
11th Hour, 11th Day, 11th Month 11th Hour, 11th Day, 11th Month
On the 11th hour of the 11th Day of the 11th month, the guns of World War I fell silent. And a war that should never have been fought – arguably by anyone, certainly by Ameri...
Nov 11, 2007 / John Nichols
Norman Mailer: He Went Down Swinging Norman Mailer: He Went Down Swinging
There is much, much to be said of Norman Mailer, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and world-class rabble-rouser who died Saturday at age 84. But the pugilistic pensman would perhaps...
Nov 10, 2007 / John Nichols
Shame on Clinton, Obama, Dodd & Biden for Skipping AG Vote Shame on Clinton, Obama, Dodd & Biden for Skipping AG Vote
Michael Mukasey was confirmed late Thursday by the U.S. Senate to serve as the nation's 81st Attorney General. This means that, despite the fact refused to commit during the cour...
Nov 9, 2007 / John Nichols
Joseph Biden, Fighter Joseph Biden, Fighter
At a time when too many Democrats are prone to pulling punches, he knows how to throw them. And he has the bruises to show it.
Nov 8, 2007 / Feature / John Nichols
75 Years Ago FDR Read the Results Right, and Took a Left Turn 75 Years Ago FDR Read the Results Right, and Took a Left Turn
Seventy-five years ago today, the American people rejected not just a president -- Herbert Hoover -- but a royalist vision of federal policymaking that had allowed tens of million...
Nov 8, 2007 / John Nichols
House Puts Impeachment On, Then Off, The Table House Puts Impeachment On, Then Off, The Table
The move by Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich to open a House debate on the question of whether to impeach Vice President Cheney turned into a imbroglio for the Democratic leadershi...
Nov 6, 2007 / John Nichols
It Is Time For “A National Inquest” It Is Time For “A National Inquest”
In May of 1972, when then-President Richard Nixon was riding as high as he ever would politically, anti-war activists attempted to place an advertisement in The New York Times urg...
Nov 6, 2007 / John Nichols
Judiciary Panel OK’s Waterboarding, Er, Mukasey Judiciary Panel OK’s Waterboarding, Er, Mukasey
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday morning approved President Bush's nomination of former Federal Judge Michael Mukasey to replace Alberto Gonzales as Attorney General. Muk...
Nov 6, 2007 / John Nichols
Mukasey Is (Much) Worse Than Gonzales Mukasey Is (Much) Worse Than Gonzales
George Bush's nominee to replace disgraced former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, retired Federal Judge Michael B. Mukasey, must be rejected by the Senate Judiciary Committee f...
Nov 4, 2007 / John Nichols